On a sunny Friday afternoon, my husband Joe and I packed up the 2024 Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV GT- Premium S-AWC with our gear and our two four- legged best friends, Hurley and Koloa. We left our place near Victoria, B.C. and headed west on Highway 14 for a weekend road trip. With two large dogs we don’t travel light, but the Outlander PHEV provided plenty of space for their comfort and all our necessities for the weekend. There was ample space for the foldable ramp Hurley uses to get in and out of the vehicle with ease. He has some mobility challenges and packing this accessibility sup- port keeps him adventuring with us at his golden age of 15. Our five-year-old rescue dog Koloa tends to feel nerv- ous and anxious in vehicles, so making a comfortable and safe space for her to have a positive experience was a priority. We folded down the second and third- row seating to create a king-size dog bed so they could rest and relax during the drive. There’s plenty of space for a dog crate too, which we would use to se- cure her for a longer highway drive.
Our dogs love to run on the beach and play in the water, so our first stop to break up the drive before they got restless was Whiffen Spit, a popular park and dog walking destination in Sooke, B.C. The small peninsula extends out a few kilometres between the Sooke Basin and the Strait of Juan de Fuca and boasts incredible views. After stretching our legs, we hopped back in the car bound for our weekend destination. Port Renfrew, also known as the ‘Tall Tree Capital of Canada,’ is a small community on the southwestern edge of Vancouver Island. It’s a quick getaway at 111 kilometres from the capital city that feels otherworldly. The area is home to many of Canada’s largest and oldest trees — so many different smells for our pups to discover. The drive to Port Renfrew is an adventure by its very nature. We cruised along twisting roads over several single lane bridges taking in the old growth forest and spotting the ocean through the trees. With 61 kilo- metres of full EV range, the plug-in hybrid Outlander gives us a fuel efficient and cost-effective way to ex- plore these scenic views. The Super All-Wheel Control,
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